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Friday, May 16, 2008
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OUR CHRISTIAN LOVE AND SYMPATHY TO...

The family and friends of Arthur Ebert, father of Rev. David Ebert (Em., 
Fredericksburg) who passed into heaven at the age of 96, on Monday, May 
12, 2008 in Fredericksburg.

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IN OUR PRAYERS...

Ann, wife of Rev. Walt Dube (Pilgrim, Houston)

Rev. Roland Fredrichs (Em, Immanuel, Houston) and father-in-law of Rev. 
Steve Henze (St. Timothy, Houston) hospitalized in Tomball.

Melissa Jacobs, wife of Rev. Matt Jacobs (Grace, Brenham), who has been 
diagnosed with cancer and will begin chemo and radiation treatments at 
St. Joseph Cancer Center in Bryan.

Rev. Herb Keistman (Ebenezer, Manheim) at Methodist Hospital, Neuro ICU 
in Houston.

Rev. Al Meissner (Em.) and his wife, Dot, after Al's quadruple bypass 
surgery at Scott and White in Temple on Thursday, 15 May.

Rev. Al Schubert, Jr. (Em, Corpus Christi) after a successful Mitral 
clip procedure followed by complications at Hermann Hospital, Houston.

Mj Wurdeman, wife of former MMF, Bruce Wurdeman (LHM, St. Louis), having 
radiaton treatments after the removal of a small lump.

St. Paul Lutheran Church & School, Austin whose buildings sustained 
considerable damage from wind and hail.

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MINISTRY CALLS

P A S T O R S

ACCEPTED

Rev. Brad Aldrich to LIJE (Lutherans in Jewish Evangelism) Mission 
Society, St. Louis, MO

Rev. Russell A. Nebhut, St.John, Hamilton to Holy Cross, Midland


UNDECIDED

Rev. John DeYoung, Cross of Christ, DeSoto to Mt. Calvary, Brady, TX

Rev. Scott Herbert to Pastor, Tree of Life, Garland

Rev. Christopher Otten, Cleveland, OH to St. Paul, McAllen, TX

Rev. Charles St-Onge, Pastor, St. Mark, Ridley Park, PA to Assoc. 
Pastor, Memorial, Houston

Rev. Alan Taylor, St. John, Galveston to Holy Cross, Kerrville


DECLINED

Rev. Zach McIntosh, Fishers of Family, Portland, TX to University 
Lutheran, Austin

Rev. John E. Schmidt, Associate, Redeemer, Lincoln, NE to St. Paul 
Lutheran, Serbin, TX


C O M M I S S I O N E D M I N I S T E R S

ACCEPTED

Randy Einem, Principal, Trinity Lutheran School, Houston to St. John's 
Orange CA - Principal


DECLINED

Micheal D. Uden, Concordia University, Meqon, WI to Dean of Education, 
Concordia University Texas, Austin

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Know any COLLEGE BOUND STUDENTS?

CAMPUS MINISTRY SURVEY CARDS HAVE BEEN MAILED TO ALL CONGREGATIONS!

The greatest challenge for our LCMS campus ministries is getting current 
home addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses for students that 
will be going to their campuses in the fall. The best time to reach 
students is BEFORE they leave for summer jobs etc. As soon as the campus 
ministries have the information, they will contact students individually 
to invite them to participate in Bible study and fellowship activities 
that will be available when they arrive on campus in the fall. Students 
have the opportunity not only to establish new friendships and increase 
their spiritual growth, but also to develop into the LCMS lay leaders.

Your help is urgently needed to acquire this information. When you 
receive your packet, please give it to the appropriate staff member for 
completion. They are printed on salmon colored card stock with a cover 
memo. As our office receives the completed cards from you, they are 
sorted and mailed to the campus ministries or churches in the cities and 
towns where students will be living and going to school.

Are you planning to honor your college bound students in a special way 
at a worship service or special fellowship time? Are they attending 
Sunday morning Bible Class? If so, this would be a great opportunity to 
have your students personally complete the campus ministry survey card 
for you so that you can collect them and mail them to the District Office.

An alternative to filling out the cards by hand is our NEW ONLINE 
PROCEDURE. Please send an email to cms121 at txdistlcms.org and you will be 
sent the link to register and gain access to this feature. Questions? 
Call, Carole Stevenson at (800) 951-3478.

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Annual District Wide Prayer Retreat-

The annual prayer retreat for professional church workers and their 
spouses will again be held this October 6-8 at Canyon of the Eagles 
outside of Burnet, TX. It will again provide sessions for those who have 
never attended a prayer retreat before (101), for those who have 
(alumni) and for those who would like to just get away on your own 
schedule of prayer, Bible study, mediation and reflection. Registration 
is now available on line through the TX District web page. This is a 
great opportunity to be intentional about enhancing your prayer life and 
delving deeper into your walk with the Lord.

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Register now for the 2008 Advent – Christmas Preaching Workshop October 
27-28 hosted by Circuit 36 & Houston Area Chili Conference by 
downloading the form at: http://www.txdistlcms.org/docs/chili_conf2008.pdf

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